Friday, August 23, 2013

Why are we in a campaign mode only 4 months after a general election? Why are Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga going around the country essentially campaigning? Why the talk of a referendum, tyranny of numbers, revolution, parliamentary system vs presidential system?

Possible scenario: We will soon have a general election to elect a new president/prime minister and deputy.

Why, you may ask? Well, the Deputy President is likely to be at The Hague for a minimum four months continuously especially after his request not to attend some of the proceeding was appealed by the ICC Prosecutor and suspended. The president will join him in November possibly for the same duration. This means for around two months (60 days) that both the president and Deputy President will be away, then the Speaker of National Assembly will be the acting president. The law however says that he can only hold the temporally incumbency of that office for 60 days after which an election must be held.

This kind of puts in context the heightened political activity we've been witnessing lately for me. But it's not a possibility....or is it?

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

It started with 11 girls and a dog from
Mombasa, and then a man and a Cow from Kiambu County and then a man and a dog,
a man with a donkey, a man with another cow, a man with a chicken and then two
men with goats.

The Kenyan mainstream Media which only
weeks ago were broadcasting somewhat relevant news, albeit heavily bent on
politics had now degraded itself to lewd stories of alleged bestiality. All of
this was triggered by a “cup of tea” meeting at Statehouse.

I am just an ordinary Kenyan, broke, out of
regular work and Kikuyu. I watched in 2007/08 while ordinary Kenyans like me
were slaughtered by militia in the post election violence. This wasn’t the
first time there was politically instigated violence in this country; in fact,
every single county in Kenya periodically runs violent whenever some politician
wants to exert or gain power.

We live in a country that is called an
“Island of peace” in a conflict region, but the truth is Kenya is NOT peaceful.
We don’t live in peace. Us, the ordinary, broke, out of work Kenyans.

I started getting this boiling sensation in
my gut when the campaigns for presidency began. Note that the campaigns for the
other electoral posts were never as bitter, hateful or malicious. My stomach
churned every time a candidate would make utterances that were ethnically
divisive, hateful and derogatory against an entire ethnic community simply
because his rival came from that community.

Firstly, I believe that going to elections
in a country that is so divided is endorsing a farce. Secondly, I believe that
the electorate as a whole should have rejected the ballot because of the
divisive people on that ballot. Lastly, when 93% of Kenyans voted ethnically,
for their own ethnic representatives, that was NOT democracy.

This is a nation fragmented to its very
core; the politics are of hatred, ethno-centrism and bigotry. It doesn’t matter
what your ethnicity is, you voted like a bigot when you choose not who you knew
was the best suited person but the person who was from your tribe, or allied to
your tribe. There is no democracy in Kenya because the political parties have
no ideologies and no system of inclusiveness and the legal system via its laws
encourage extreme division by allowing coalitions.

You would have imagined that allowing
coalitions would bring people together, right? But actually what the coalitions
or alliances allowed was parties that were inherently ethnic and certainly not
national to join forces with other ethnic parties and present a façade of being
national in nature. In the past one year we have seen the very depths of hell
displayed by some MPs hopping from political party to political party all in
the hope of using that to engineer their return to power.

In 2007, 60% of the MPs voted into
parliament were new i.e. they were not part of the previous parliament. By
2011, 100% of these MPs had passed legislations to allow themselves more perks,
allowances, privileges and the chance to hop from party to party as they
wished.

It’s already August 2013. The presidential
campaign period is over. Barely one month after being sworn in MPs demanded
that they receive the same pay as the previous parliament even though this was
a new constitution and a new government and system in transition. Majority of these MPs represent the Jubilee
coalition and indeed Jubilee constitutes the current government even though at
the moment of this uttermost betrayal, all MPs were united in their greed and
perversion.

6 months after the elections, the Jubilee
government has nothing to show in terms of actual results. They can’t sustain
their campaign promises of free laptops or free maternity, or jobs for the
youth. They are not interested in fulfilling promises, that much is clear. So
instead of trying to pretend they are working, they try to distract the nation,
by luring the media and telling us lecherous tales of bestial sex.

In all this, to add to the tactic of
diverting attention, the Government Spokesman chooses to take what appears to
be a personal and emotive stand against Raila Odinga to the next level. “Raila
Odinga’s politics are arrogant, chest thumping, hateful and toxic.”

Toxic. We have a nation where 50% of the
population did NOT vote for the president. In an exam if a child gets 50% that
is a mere C. Why should a government with a C grade brag or abuse others? Where
does the government spokesman get off insulting the opposition when he is NOT
an elected official? How can a government representative address the whole
nation in this manner?

Yet we are divided, we are not united. Even
if we are all poor, half of us are smug bigots and the other half are silently
resentful bigots. My country Kenya is a country in political conflict, and in
many parts of the country this political conflict explodes in perennial
violence.

Toxic. The propaganda and absolute drivel
spewing out of Jubilee government is TOXIC, HATEFUL, CHEST THUMPING and
ARROGANT.

I love my country. Very much so, I had to
do something to switch of the flow of toxicity bursting out of the mouths of
undeserving, childish and deviant people. To tell the country, I love you and I
will stand up to these sewer rats.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Update. A few minutes after posting this on WanjikuRevolution Kenya's Facebook timeline, the post was taken down by Facebook and the profile was blocked for 7 days. Welcome to the era of digital censorship in Kenya.

Am back on #FB after a 24hr block followed by another immediate 3 day block. This means the Kenyan government (my government) and it's operatives are actively reporting this profile as violating #Facebook Community Standards. The truth is a threat to the reincarnated KANU in form of #Jubilee Government.

KANU Status Quo in it's many incarnations has survived for 50 years by;

1) Keeping Wanjiku (Wanjikus, Achiengs, Kerubos, Jeptoos, Aminas, Bettys, Nekesas, Abdis, Mwangis, Tanuis, Odhiambos, Mutisyas, Kazungus, Lenanas, Wekesas, Mwacharos, Yussufs, na kadhalika) ignorant on how her government is meant to serve her, not rule her.
2) Keeping Wanjiku living hand to mouth thus too busy to keep government accountable.
3) Divide and Rule - Tell Wanjiku that Kikuyus are the problem, Luos are the problem, Kalenjins are the problem, Kambas are the problem, Raila is the problem, WRK is the problem, etc. As we fight each other, they loot our resources and consolidate their hold on power and our lives.

Freedom of Expression and conscience as guaranteed by our Constitution IS NOT DEBATABLE. The government has managed to intimidate senior editors at the Nation Media Group and The Standard Media group to silently publish only positive stories about it. The "Accept & Move On'' Doctrine. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT AND MOVE ON! A few brave souls like GADO have refused to be intimidated at the risk of loosing their jobs.

The war has now been brought online with the #Jubilee chief propagandist working officially from State House with a title to boot and being paid using our tax resources. Bloggers like Betty Njoroge now have the pleasure of having the Government Spokesman Muthui Kariuki call her parents to intimidate her and have her take down her blog.

Well, WE OWN SOCIAL MEDIA. WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED. WE WILL SPAWN 1000 accounts by Wanjikus, Achiengs, Kerubos, Jeptoos, Aminas, Bettys, Nekesas, Abdis, Mwangis, Tanuis, Odhiambos, Mutisyas, Kazungus, Lenanas, Wekesas, Mwacharos, Yussufs, na kadhalika. WaKenya wameamka. The revolution is coming, it's only a matter of time.

You can have Facebook shut down this account, but I already have 50 others. You can have Facebook shut down this account, even kill me, but you are acting too late. Wanjiku Revolution is now beyond one person, many others are pushing the same truth. You cannot kill us all, YOU CANNOT KILL THE TRUTH! Wanjiku revolution is a revolution of the mind...attitude change, asking questions, wanting things to be better. This is a mindset that has been embraced by majority of Kenyans both online and offline. You cannot shut us all down. We are a 'Small Axe''...We are organising...we will take you down. WE ARE COMING!

Monday, March 11, 2013

Kenyans brave long queues and heat to vote on March 4th 2013 general election.Photo credit: Edwin Kiama

I did not vote for either Uhuru Kenyatta nor Raila Odinga. I have been a harsh critic of both in the past, and I will continue to be if any of them goofs in the future.

It does not matter to me which one of them won or lost. I know for a fact that Jubilee Coalition had also prepared to petition the result similarly had Raila won. Jubilee lawyers were also on standby.

One major positive I have taken from this is that Kenyans did not loot, burn, rape, kill, maim or displace fellow Kenyans as was the case in 2007. The aggrieved instead have gone to court, the very reason we have courts...to arbitrate grievances. I must admit though that the relative fragile peace was as result of the unity of convenience between Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, and their respective ethnic communities before, during and after the elections. Though we are well aware the unity is out of necessity given the charges facing them at the ICC, it's something we can build on! The issues that caused 2007 PEV still remain, a number of Kenyans remain in IDP camps and there has been no credible effort to ensure justice for those affected. That said, we displayed some level maturity.

In the coming court process I see an opportunity for all KENYANS to win, not just Jubilee or CORD. All Kenyans, including those like me who Voted Musalia, PK, Dida, MK, JoK or Muite. It's not the time for one side or the other to gloat or mourn. It's time to put our democracy and new institutions through the test of fire.

Manual verification of voter ID during the March 4th 2013 Kenya general election.Photo credit: Edwin Kiama

We are presented with an opportunity to audit several things using our new Constitution;

1. Procurement procedures in the Government of Kenya (BVR and other equipment)

2. The integrity of our electoral process (registration of voters, voter identification at the polling stations, tallying of results at the grass-roots and the national level, transmission of results, presentation of final tally to Kenyans).

3. The integrity of IEBC and IEBC staff.

4. The integrity of the Civil Service and security services (NIS, Police and eg. did the executive interfere through County commissioners?)

5. Integrity, fairness and freedom of press (was there a conspiracy of silence and mass conditioning all in the name of 'peace'?)

and finally...

6. The progress in reforming our Judiciary. How credible, judicious, independent and just will the Supreme Court ruling be, regardless of whom it favours? Or will it be agony for us all as in the past? Do we have an honest referee we can all depend on to settle even lesser disputes in our Judiciary? A referee that all 'Wanjikus' (common Kenyans) can depend on? Time to put that question to bed.

Dear compatriots, I say let's seize the opportunity for ALL Kenyans, for the sake of our past, present and future generations.

Let the courts inspire and midwife the rebirth of our nation this 50th year. Over to you Hon. Chief Justice Dr. Willie Mutunga and your team.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Reason I will NEVER vote for Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Uhuru Kenyatta or William Ruto.

According to the Waki Report, NSIS reported as early as 2006 that William Ruto and #ODM-K were planning Post Election Violence (PEV). Uhuru Kenyatta then was a member of the ODM-K leading lights. Did he know about the planned PEV by ODM? Raila's and Ruto's SELF INTEREST.

Kibaki and his PNU side decided to sit on the said NSIS report. They hoped that they could take advantage on any PEV to hold on to power in case Kibaki lost the 2007 election. It happened as planned. Kibaki's and Mt' Kenya mafia SELF INTEREST.

In September 2007, 4 months to the General Election, Uhuru Kenyatta crossed over to the PNU side becoming the first Opposition Leader in the Commonwealth to cross over to the governing side months to an election. He of cause knew he would would lose the Gatundu seat by remaining in ODM. Uhuru's SELF INTEREST.

After the 2007 General Elections, PEV started. Kalonzo joined Kibaki and Uhuru on the PNU side after being promised the VP giving Kibaki's contested win some bargaining power. Kalonzo's SELF INTEREST.

It is alleged that Raila planned to go to Kisumu to quell the violence after PEV broke out; as he waited for his flight while working-out at the Hilton Hotel gym, the NSIS informed and convinced him with enough proof of a plot to down his plane over Rift Valley and blame it on PNU so that his then deputy could take over. They fell out even before the National Accord was signed. Ruto's SELF INTEREST.

As PEV unravelled, Kikuyu business people started mobilising resources to defend their siblings in the Rift Valley. They approached Kibaki for help. He declined. They approached Uhuru who saw an opportunity to finally pacify his tribesmen who till then treated him with contempt and considered him MOI's and KANU's orphan. He is alleged to have mobilised and financed the Mingiki against Ruto and co. Uhuru's SELF INTEREST.

Kriegler Report states that no one won the election and both sides massively rigged. So on February 28th 2008 we got a nusu mkate government including all the above instead of having a repeat election excluding all the above from vying. THEIR SELF INTEREST.

2010 Kibaki and Raila were on one side supporting the new Constitution, Moi and Ruto on the opposing side while Uhuru and Kalonzo were somewhere in the middle neither here nor there until the last minute when they realised Kenyans wanted it and joined the YES side. SELF INTEREST.

2013 Raila is with Kalonzo in CORD, Uhuru is with his 2008 protagonist Ruto in Jubilee. They are all promising to fix Kenyans' problems of the last 49 years including landlessness and make Kenya heavenly while IDPs from the PEV they engineered still languish in camps. None of them, apart from Ruto, has any meaningful legislative or development record in parliament or at the constituency level for all the time they have been in government. Raila, Kalonzo, Uhuru and Ruto all hate each other's guts, but are willing to put that aside temporarily to gain the they each feel ENTITLED to. That if anything should scare Kenyans! SELF INTEREST.

Ruto is the most brilliant and ruthless of all these politicians. I foresee Ruto stabbing Uhuru in the back the same way he stabbed Raila. I foresee Kalonzo doing the same to Raila who has humiliated him for the last 4 or so years. A leopard does not change it's spots. SELF INTEREST.

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein.

I have no desire to have people full of SELF INTEREST and ENTITLEMENT in charge of my life and government. They will tear Kenya apart. Kenya is bigger than these four!

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein

On March 4th after the euphoria and tribal vitriol has died down, each of us will make a decision that will affect our lives primarily and the nation at large. While at the voting booth, I urge all of us to make a decision based on our own SELF INTEREST namely OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES and OUR NATION not OUR TRIBE or TRIBAL gods. Do not vote for any of the above. Let us send all of them and the mediocrity of the last 49 years to retirement on March 4th.